About Goru Kanawan Village

Goru Kanawan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 178 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Goru Kanawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Goru Kanawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171018
Area (hectares)	150.57 hectares
Population	357
Male Population	178
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Goru Kanawan compares

By the 2011 count Goru Kanawan is the 41st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 150.57 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Goru Kanawan

Goru Kanawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Goru Kanawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Goru Kanawan from other places

Goru Kanawan lies about 8.7 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Goru Kanawan
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	8.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	8.7 km

Villages closest to Goru Kanawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Goru Kanawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Goru Kanawan village had a population of 357. That makes it the 41st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Goru Kanawan village has 178 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Goru Kanawan has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Goru Kanawan is 171018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Goru Kanawan covers 150.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Goru Kanawan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Goru Kanawan is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Goru Kanawan.

Goru Kanawan is about 8.7 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Goru Kanawan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shoghi railway station is about under 2 km away. Shimla Rural is about 8.7 km away. Shimla is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.